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correspondent steve harrigan is live in cairo where it's early friday morning. hello again, steve. >> egypt constitutional assembly trying to push through a constitution in one day. what is not clear at this point is whether the new constitution will calm down the street protests or inflame them further. a few key elements gleaning from the document, slight limit on presidential power, limiting the president for two terms of office of four years each. so, no rigid code of behavior inside the document. the next step for constitution will be a national referendum in the next two weeks that people have to vote on it. that could be way out of the tough situation last week when morsi said his acts were beyond the judicial review. that ignited street credits there. >> we have to share everything on the table laws. for stable laws and separation of powers. the matters should be independent and will take tim time. >> they stress the faith of each constitution will be decided by the egyptian people. >> it will be up to them whether they need their standard. have a chance
correspondent steve harrigan is live in cairo where it's early friday morning. hello again, steve. >> egypt constitutional assembly trying to push through a constitution in one day. what is not clear at this point is whether the new constitution will calm down the street protests or inflame them further. a few key elements gleaning from the document, slight limit on presidential power, limiting the president for two terms of office of four years each. so, no rigid code of behavior inside...
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that's based on sharia law saying it cracks down on freedom journalist well true has details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the concept of somebody itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly but what they said was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution rights embody one of the key issues is that is sharia law which many say the articles about sharia law even opens interpretation to a very ultra orthodox interpretation and in addition that rights groups are saying that some articles are really impinging on human rights for example that the practice of military trials of civilians which is condemned on the international law is actually included in the constitution which has been a point of contention for revolutionaries since january two thousand and eleven this document will go to president morsi today and we expect to see it go to referee referendum popular referendum in the next few weeks today opposition forces have called for million man marches across egypt and also they are c
that's based on sharia law saying it cracks down on freedom journalist well true has details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the concept of somebody itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly but what they said was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution rights embody one of the key issues is that is sharia law which many say the articles about sharia law even opens interpretation to a...
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. >>> now to cairo, where president morsi's move to fast track the new constitution is being met with resistance. some say it's a way to defuse anger over morsi's decree to expand his presidential powers and weaken the judiciary but critics say he's hijacking the constitution. october 4th because of security concerns. they say they weren't going to put agents in harm's way, they were worried. cnn as you know went to the compound before, found the ambassador's journal. by the time the fbi got there, would all the evidence have been compromised or -- >> sure. i mean, in an arson when a building burns down, it's a crime that consumes its own evidence. what the fbi needs to break a case like this is an informant. many informants. but in the old days they would put a wanted poster up in a post office. you can put it on the internet now. what will break a case like this is money. they can't put a suitcase full of cash on the table. cia could do that. >> and we would assume the cia is doing that, right? obviously as we all now are aware, three quarters of the americans that were in libya at
. >>> now to cairo, where president morsi's move to fast track the new constitution is being met with resistance. some say it's a way to defuse anger over morsi's decree to expand his presidential powers and weaken the judiciary but critics say he's hijacking the constitution. october 4th because of security concerns. they say they weren't going to put agents in harm's way, they were worried. cnn as you know went to the compound before, found the ambassador's journal. by the time the...
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>> bret: steve harrigan live early wednesday morning in cairo. thank you. palestinian authorities today opened the grave of former leader yasser arafat to take samples from his remains. arafat died in 2004. ostensibly from a stroke. but speculation he was poise -- speculation he was poisoned resurfaced this summer after elevated surface of radioactive substance were detected on his clothing. >>> activists in syria say dozen of people were wounded when they bombed an to live press factory. rebel controlled town near the turkish border was also attacked from the air. the facility included refugee camp there. syrian rebels meantime reportedly shot down a government helicopter today. >> bret: north carolina doesn't get the joke. if you did not shop on black friday, alert the media. we'll explain in the grapevin grapevine. >> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. cnn reports every american went shopping over black friday weekend. really. almost every one of you. the headline on the website reads 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites b
>> bret: steve harrigan live early wednesday morning in cairo. thank you. palestinian authorities today opened the grave of former leader yasser arafat to take samples from his remains. arafat died in 2004. ostensibly from a stroke. but speculation he was poise -- speculation he was poisoned resurfaced this summer after elevated surface of radioactive substance were detected on his clothing. >>> activists in syria say dozen of people were wounded when they bombed an to live press...
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. >> thank you and now to cairo, where president morsi's move to fast track a new constitution is being met with resistance. some say it's a way to diffuse anger to expand his presidential powers and weaken the judiciary, but critics say he's hijacking the constitution. >> erin, today, a special panel voted to approve a draft of e gipsa's new constitution. egyptians will vote yes or not despite objections by factions who say the process was pushed through by islamists who tried to squeeze out the moderates. in a rejected claims that he was being a dictator. >> translator: there is no room to speak of dictatorship. as an egyptian, i have suffered a lot of the lack of democracy, absence of democracy and dictatorship and corruption in my land, and this dictatorship you are talking about does not exist. >> reporter: the president says if egyptians do not like the constitution, they can vote no on the nationwide referendum. we'll see if that calms down his critics. erin? >>> now our fifth story "outfront" 80 days since the attack on the benghazi consulate. in that attack, ambassador chris st
. >> thank you and now to cairo, where president morsi's move to fast track a new constitution is being met with resistance. some say it's a way to diffuse anger to expand his presidential powers and weaken the judiciary, but critics say he's hijacking the constitution. >> erin, today, a special panel voted to approve a draft of e gipsa's new constitution. egyptians will vote yes or not despite objections by factions who say the process was pushed through by islamists who tried to...
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>>shepard: we will follow the developments in cairo throughout the night. it is 10:15 in the evening and the crowds are growing. we will go back to steve harrigan as events warrant. president obama taking plans for avoiding fiscal cliff to the voters with a look at his pitch and the response from republicans, next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. gives you a low national plan premium... so you can focus on what really matters. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. >>shepard: the president will make a public pitch on his plans for dealing with the fiscal cliff. according to the white house the president will make a campaign style appearance on friday at the toy manufacturing plant in pennsylvania. republicans and democrats are working to avoid going over the cliff. the popular term for the combination of spending cuts and tax cut eliminations set to hit at the start of the new year. th
>>shepard: we will follow the developments in cairo throughout the night. it is 10:15 in the evening and the crowds are growing. we will go back to steve harrigan as events warrant. president obama taking plans for avoiding fiscal cliff to the voters with a look at his pitch and the response from republicans, next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term...
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right now, you are looking at the egyptian capital of cairo. thousands have gathered after the assembly raised through approval of a new constitution in a bid to and anger over morsy's newly extended power. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. back to connell. connell: that has been some story. we will talk more about that right now with retired lieutenant colonel ralph peters. they are moving. rather quickly to throw together a constitution. i guess that is scary in some ways. >> first of all, i am going to say some words that you have never heard on your show. i was wrong about something. i felt the muslim brotherhood was going to take this in a slow way to build it in. instead, morsy and the brotherhood have decided to go whole hog and just go through it right now. this is utterly shameless. while this constitution that now must go to a referendum of the people, the muslim brotherhood is pretty sure they can organize a vote for that. there our various provisions that ensure that they will default. one says that any rela
right now, you are looking at the egyptian capital of cairo. thousands have gathered after the assembly raised through approval of a new constitution in a bid to and anger over morsy's newly extended power. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. back to connell. connell: that has been some story. we will talk more about that right now with retired lieutenant colonel ralph peters. they are moving. rather quickly to throw together a constitution. i guess that is scary in some...
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steve harrigan is streaming live for us from cairo, egypt. steve? >> heather, there's a showdown between egypt' new president, morsi and the chief judges throughout the country say they will not go back to work as long as the president's orders stand, basically putting anything he says, any decree he makes, above the law and not subject to the court and we could have a country where prosecution basically shuts down. as far as the protesters in cairo, they've set up tents on tahrir down from yesterday, 40,000, yesterday afternoon and it turned violent and other cities, xaalexandria and police cars set on fire and other fires set as well. the next move in the battle will shape up to be tuesday when supporters of the president plan a march and also protesters, people who feel this president is trying to set himself up as a dictator will march as well. it will be a test of which side can draw the crowds and people and which side as a momentum in a battle so far, neither side is backing down heather. >> now, some background on president morsi's rise to p
steve harrigan is streaming live for us from cairo, egypt. steve? >> heather, there's a showdown between egypt' new president, morsi and the chief judges throughout the country say they will not go back to work as long as the president's orders stand, basically putting anything he says, any decree he makes, above the law and not subject to the court and we could have a country where prosecution basically shuts down. as far as the protesters in cairo, they've set up tents on tahrir down...
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embassy closed in cairo amid protests, of bid muhamed morsi's power grab. connell: can you hear me now syndrome, wireless carriers are ranked on their performance. we will have the worst and the best. dagen: stocks now lend every 15 minutes, nicole petallides at stock exchange with economic news this morning. is that what is giving the market a lift? nicole: we have a lot going on here. we have jobless claims for the second week, that is good news, you saw growth in economy and in the last few moments we moved higher and we are positive for the week. when you check it out and industrials we are up 44 points and most of those names on the dow are in the green, names like hewlett-packard and caterpillar and bank of america and united healthcare doing well. the fiscal cliff headline after headline continues to be in the forefront and on everybody's mind that this is what we are seeing, a decent market and the u.s. dollar being weaker today has been a factor in the strength we are seeing as well. connell: treasury secretary tim geithner meeting with congression
embassy closed in cairo amid protests, of bid muhamed morsi's power grab. connell: can you hear me now syndrome, wireless carriers are ranked on their performance. we will have the worst and the best. dagen: stocks now lend every 15 minutes, nicole petallides at stock exchange with economic news this morning. is that what is giving the market a lift? nicole: we have a lot going on here. we have jobless claims for the second week, that is good news, you saw growth in economy and in the last few...
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steve harrigan live in cairo, thank you. jon: if you are watching us from home right now and you called out sick at work today, it might mean that you are one of the lucky powerball winners or. at least two people are splitting that huge jackpot chosen last night. who are they and where were the winning tickets sold? jenna and i are at work today, so that should tell you something -- [laughter] jenna: hint, hint. jon: we have new details. >>> plus, what started this brawl on the basketball court that got both nba players booted from the game. one guy was featured in a reality show. hmm, does that give you a clue? rick folbaum with details coming up. [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. jenna: welcome back, everyone. have you checked your powerball tickets yet? two of them out there have all six lucky numbers. a
steve harrigan live in cairo, thank you. jon: if you are watching us from home right now and you called out sick at work today, it might mean that you are one of the lucky powerball winners or. at least two people are splitting that huge jackpot chosen last night. who are they and where were the winning tickets sold? jenna and i are at work today, so that should tell you something -- [laughter] jenna: hint, hint. jon: we have new details. >>> plus, what started this brawl on the...
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information is what they this began on was a spontaneous, not premeditated response to what transpired in cairo. >> lindsay gram is expressing doubts.)tkx today would not rye pete his vow to stand in rice's way. >> there will be questions about this discipline and others. >> the white house press secretary would not say if the president plans to nominate her. there is speculation that tim geithner's job will probably go to jack lu but there is talk of cheryl sandberg. she was chief of staff to larry summers and served on the president's job council. she serves on the walt disney board of directors and disney owns abc, as well as this tv station. with sandberg christina rover's name being flolted for the post. until two years ago the economist was chair of the council of economic advisors and google executive chairman is one more local name being mentioned in connection with the top job in treasury. leon pin yetta is planning on leaving his post. michelle fournoy would be the first woman in that job if she gets the job. one more bay area member of the cabinet to speculate about is steven chuf he
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what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is major conflicts. and to put a little bit of a background on it, when we were in egypt, there were very, very few tourists there because not shortly before, the tourists in luxor had been mowed down by machine guns. and what's fueling this, of course, is the quest by fundamentalist, traditionalist muslims to overthrew what they perceive as the secular regime of mombaric. and more and more, akmad, this young person, is feeling that pressure- the pressure of the old, the old traditional, those very rigid ethical patterns of action that come out and ar
what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is...
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hamas has two demands, says their exile leader in cairo. israel must under bombardment and they must lift the blockade of the strip. he said it was israel's responsibility to stop the current conflict because it was them who started it. both sides remain firm that it is up to the other to stop the violence. another recipe for an imminent cease-fire. >> our jerusalem correspondent is now in gaza. we have her on the line. what is the situation where you are? >> the situation is difficult here. tonight, it's a bit more client -- quiet but it is disrupted by air strikes. shops are closed. people only go out if they really have to. because many shops are closed, the tunnels in the south are bombarded am not everything is available right now. we have learned over the past five years to only do the minimum that time and some gas stations are out of fuel. the main problems have to be casualties and hospitals working up the limit. this is part of the fact that even in normal times, they have to deal with basic shortages, electricity, and so one. aga
hamas has two demands, says their exile leader in cairo. israel must under bombardment and they must lift the blockade of the strip. he said it was israel's responsibility to stop the current conflict because it was them who started it. both sides remain firm that it is up to the other to stop the violence. another recipe for an imminent cease-fire. >> our jerusalem correspondent is now in gaza. we have her on the line. what is the situation where you are? >> the situation is...
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embassy in cairo now. >> the fiscal cliff just 3 d3 ds away. yesterday it was announced timothy geithner and rob neighbors will go to capitol hill for meetings. how close are both sides to compromising, reaching a deal. will the u.s. have to face the cliff head on? the chairman of the republican doctor's caucus joining us. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> tom cole, the latest republican to signal willingness to cut a deal that cuts taxes for almost all americans but not the richest. here's what he said last night to wolf. >> if we agree that taxes shouldn't go up on 98% of the people shouldn't we take that now and get it set aside, make sure they know their taxes aren't going up. i think they will listen to us, we'll win the argument. putting people at risk when we agree their taxes shouldn't go up, is something in my opinion we shouldn't do. >> do you think congressman cole is wrong? >> tom is my colleague, friend, classmate, a great member. i have less confidence in 2013 that we would be able to oh get those marginal rates back down on
embassy in cairo now. >> the fiscal cliff just 3 d3 ds away. yesterday it was announced timothy geithner and rob neighbors will go to capitol hill for meetings. how close are both sides to compromising, reaching a deal. will the u.s. have to face the cliff head on? the chairman of the republican doctor's caucus joining us. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> tom cole, the latest republican to signal willingness to cut a deal that cuts taxes for almost all americans but not...
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. >> there have been more clashes in the egyptian capital, cairo, against what is viewed as a power grab by president morsi. >> thousands of people have converged on tahrir square today as part of a nationwide protest called by opponents of the president's. >> the spirit of the arab spring has returned to cairo. tens of thousands of egyptians have once again taken to tahrir square of the president's decree giving him sweeping new powers. he has been decried as a power- hungry activists and executioner of the egyptian revolution. >> the supreme leader of the muslim brotherhood is the true leader of egypt. >> this was the biggest protest organized by opponents of the muslim brotherhood since morsi took office. the muslim brotherhood cancel the protest in support of the president to stave off further clashes, but the debate between a secular and islamic egypt continues. >> the muslim brothers want islam as a country. that is their agenda. they are not hiding it. it is not as though they are doing it suddenly or secretly. this is their declared agenda. >> tensions are running high, and there
. >> there have been more clashes in the egyptian capital, cairo, against what is viewed as a power grab by president morsi. >> thousands of people have converged on tahrir square today as part of a nationwide protest called by opponents of the president's. >> the spirit of the arab spring has returned to cairo. tens of thousands of egyptians have once again taken to tahrir square of the president's decree giving him sweeping new powers. he has been decried as a power- hungry...
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steve harrigan with the news live in cairo. steve? >> it took 18 nights of street protests, almost two years ago to drive out hosni mubarak from power. now we're on night number five of protests again egypt's first democratically elected president and for the first time, the sound of the protests feel exactly the same as those that drove out his predecessor. even some of the chants are the same, leave, leave. those protesters came from a number of different political parties today totaling more than 200,000 people. they were chanting, they were violent at the edges of the protests, mainly the younger protesters battling with police, squirmishing on the edges with rocks and tear gas as well. as far as president morsi goes, his show of compromise by meeting with judges yesterday has largely been rejected by the protesters. instead, opposition leaders say there will be no compromise, no deal with the president until he backs down completely and rescinds his decree. otherwise, they say they will stay out here on the streets. shepherd. >>
steve harrigan with the news live in cairo. steve? >> it took 18 nights of street protests, almost two years ago to drive out hosni mubarak from power. now we're on night number five of protests again egypt's first democratically elected president and for the first time, the sound of the protests feel exactly the same as those that drove out his predecessor. even some of the chants are the same, leave, leave. those protesters came from a number of different political parties today...
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we want to show you some pictures out of cairo, egypt. you may have seen there was a power grab a bite that guy, a head of the muslim brotherhood the egypt. he just recently declared himself the ayatollah of egypt and a lot of egyptian and not happy about that. this guy essentially put himself and his government above the judiciary. when you don't have a free judiciary you have a dictatorship. a lot of people said that is where the muslim brotherhood wanted to go and a lot of people in egypt particularly protesters to the right of your screen think that is where egypt is going. we will follow the story all day. let's check shares of apple as the market opens. apple shares are down. no, they're up $4. apple has been trading down, the low it has been about 530. of high was 700, when it then dropped 20% so apple is trading up $5, that is a nice little hop of 1% and it looks like it is continuing to rise, seeing real competition from a lot of other imitations. some would say straight competition for the iphone. also those tablets have really
we want to show you some pictures out of cairo, egypt. you may have seen there was a power grab a bite that guy, a head of the muslim brotherhood the egypt. he just recently declared himself the ayatollah of egypt and a lot of egyptian and not happy about that. this guy essentially put himself and his government above the judiciary. when you don't have a free judiciary you have a dictatorship. a lot of people said that is where the muslim brotherhood wanted to go and a lot of people in egypt...
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before that atresz, more violence today in the streets of cairo. protesters demanding president morsi rescind his decree once again clashing with police. there are calms for giant protests coming up for tomorrow as well as saturday. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us live from cairo with more on this. president morsi, richard, is expected to address the nation at the top of the hour. do we have any information about what he's going to say basically trying to calm the crowds that are expected to protest? >> reporter: yeah. i think what he's going to say, however, is not going to calm these crowds. it is only going to make them more angry. he's probably going to set a date for a referendum on the constitution. as you said, a week ago today, president morsi gave himself extraordinary powers. he made himself more powerful than any previous egyptian presidents. more powerful than the kings of egypt, in fact. he said that his word was law. that in decree that he issued could not be overturned by the supreme court, by any court in
before that atresz, more violence today in the streets of cairo. protesters demanding president morsi rescind his decree once again clashing with police. there are calms for giant protests coming up for tomorrow as well as saturday. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us live from cairo with more on this. president morsi, richard, is expected to address the nation at the top of the hour. do we have any information about what he's going to say basically trying to calm the...
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for more now, let's go to on the line from cairo. the message of solidarity from morsi is a strong one. his muslim brotherhood does have ties to hamas, but he is under international pressure to try and establish a truce. >> he is under immense pressure by public opinion in egypt. this is also the reason why is prime minister went to gaza today, also with a similar message. basically, we cannot be silent in this tragedy. we have to stop what they're calling the israeli aggression. of the same time, he offered a truce. you can see that there's a difference between four years ago and now the arab states are really interfering. they're finding themselves in the gaza strip and we have a meeting tomorrow about the same topic. the message is clear they're trying to pressure of rule out euro and say this time you cannot just look the other direction. this is done about your relationship with hamas and the gaza but your relationship in the new arab world. >> coming down firmly on the side of the palestinians there. what about relations with i
for more now, let's go to on the line from cairo. the message of solidarity from morsi is a strong one. his muslim brotherhood does have ties to hamas, but he is under international pressure to try and establish a truce. >> he is under immense pressure by public opinion in egypt. this is also the reason why is prime minister went to gaza today, also with a similar message. basically, we cannot be silent in this tragedy. we have to stop what they're calling the israeli aggression. of the...
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it's going to have its fair time let's go back to cairo. yes let's not distort the facts they went out on thursday before the decree to celebrate today's protests were called off but on thursday before the decree they were celebrating and they didn't know what they were celebrating and the fact of the matter not as everybody knows her as franklin has ignored the majority of people on the street i've been out on the street we've gone through marches in places that have been anti revolutionary and they are very upset about the muslim brotherhood and shubra people are asking are you a when are from the people this is a very dangerous sign and the president morsi should not ignore it at all and what i see right now is that he is ignoring all the different powers that tell him stop this is not what we want to be ok these are normal people we're not talking about. who by the way he's using his brain in ministries to form his government. you know i very i still read there are injuries as a way that any one of the muslim brotherhood supporters are
it's going to have its fair time let's go back to cairo. yes let's not distort the facts they went out on thursday before the decree to celebrate today's protests were called off but on thursday before the decree they were celebrating and they didn't know what they were celebrating and the fact of the matter not as everybody knows her as franklin has ignored the majority of people on the street i've been out on the street we've gone through marches in places that have been anti revolutionary...
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he will be heading back to cairo tomorrow to meet with hillary clinton. egyptian officials involved or familiar with them have been telling nbc news this is unlikely to be a long-term truce. this is more likely to be a cessation of hostilities in the short term to pave the way for longer discussions about the fundamental issues as to why this persistent problem keeps coming up, the siege on gaza, rockets into southern israel and outstanding issues. what we can say so far is that all indications suggest that there will be a truce at some point. palestinian factions here say they are open to it. they say nothing has been signed. they don't mind having a short-term truce. so long as egypt will guarantee the fundamental issues of the bigger problems of gaza are addressed and not kicked down the road. i think that's something that martin suggested. there are a lot of fund mental issues that need to be resolved. no indication all of those have been addressed in the short-term cessation of hostilities which egyptian officials say is within their reach, although
he will be heading back to cairo tomorrow to meet with hillary clinton. egyptian officials involved or familiar with them have been telling nbc news this is unlikely to be a long-term truce. this is more likely to be a cessation of hostilities in the short term to pave the way for longer discussions about the fundamental issues as to why this persistent problem keeps coming up, the siege on gaza, rockets into southern israel and outstanding issues. what we can say so far is that all indications...
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. >>> want to show you live pictures we have coming into us from cairo this hour. tens of thousands of protesters in tahrir square right now standing in opposition to president mohamed morsi and the constitution that was approved earlier today. nbc's richard engel is going to join us live in a moment. >>> possible big news coming from the supreme court today on marriage equality in america. the nine justices are meeting right now. >>> and today's big question. fiscal cliff hardball. should the president be on the road or back in washington hammering out a fiscal cliff compromise? tweet me @thomasaroberts or on facebook. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it's as easy as... -[ man ] 1... -[ woman ] 2... [ woman ] 3. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a
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. >>> police and people clashed in egypt in cairo. with the parliament gone, the new leader can create pass and oversee new laws. >> reporter: protesters in egypt set fire to one headquarters of the muslim brotherhood and threw rocks at a another. hundreds gathered in cairo's square after nightfall. there were thousands more earlier in the day. and confrontation with riot police. the officers fired tear gas at the group injuring a few of the protesters. the violence was triggered after egypt's granted himself sweeping new powers, making him immune to oversight. a spokesperson said that theder clauges raised concern -- declarations for egypt egipans -- egyptians and the international community. he made the move thursday, a day after receiving worldwide accolades for mediating a ceasefire between hamas and israel. these are the most widespread protests since he came in power in june following the country's first election. >>> watch out. the big time tumble that led to a hug from a big baby. >>> it's good for the soul. >> and yes, there'
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>> well, you talk about the diplomatic conversations in cairo, and what is on the table? what terms are being discussed? >> well, two central issues from the two perspectives. the head of the hamas today held a press conference in which he highlighted hamas position, and that is simple in their eyes, israel must stop all hostilities against the leadership and assassinating and killing key palestinian figures and call on the international community to lift a five-year blockade which restricts what comes in and out of gaza, including people, supplies and food and you name it. they want that lifted. at the same time israel says it will not abide by anything unless hamas agrees to stop firing rockets and hand over the weapons to egypt and hold the egyptian government responsible for hamas abide big the truce. so it is not about what both sides don't want, because they both want to avoid war, but what they want to come out of this appearing victorious or at least gained within their own political frameworks, and this is what is difficult for the egyptian media to bring these t
>> well, you talk about the diplomatic conversations in cairo, and what is on the table? what terms are being discussed? >> well, two central issues from the two perspectives. the head of the hamas today held a press conference in which he highlighted hamas position, and that is simple in their eyes, israel must stop all hostilities against the leadership and assassinating and killing key palestinian figures and call on the international community to lift a five-year blockade which...
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our report from nbc's ayman mohyeldin in cairo. >> reporter: a day of mourning across egypt, in cairo, thousands paid respects to a protester killed by police. and in alexandria, a funeral for the member of the muslim brotherhood, just fifteen years old. both were victims of the riots that broke out after president morsy gave himself sweeping new powers. it ignited a wave of protests among them, and loyal supporters fighting in the streets. the muslim brotherhood were to blame, we elected them, thought they would lift us up, but they threw us to the ground. i will never vote for them again in my life, this woman says, many believe that morsy over-reached, and he moved quickly to oversee the damage, meeting tonight with egypt's judicial council, claiming tonight he would limit the scope of his powers. morsy supporters say he had to act to reign in egypt's powerful judges. >> every time we approached the shore of the transition, somebody would sink the boat. that somebody, thus far has been the court of egypt, and hosni mubarak led and politically managed courts. >> reporter: egypt's ju
our report from nbc's ayman mohyeldin in cairo. >> reporter: a day of mourning across egypt, in cairo, thousands paid respects to a protester killed by police. and in alexandria, a funeral for the member of the muslim brotherhood, just fifteen years old. both were victims of the riots that broke out after president morsy gave himself sweeping new powers. it ignited a wave of protests among them, and loyal supporters fighting in the streets. the muslim brotherhood were to blame, we elected...
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fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo as violent rallies in terms of finding its president morse's decision just see so with big powers moving precisely like the revolution that brought the islamist leader to power. and we're bringing you live pictures of from cairo now crowds of protesters are gathering at tell re a square and we'll bring our correspondents shortly. before going to be i guess the ration of the way leader yasser arafat's palestinians say it's approved it was close and they'll go to the international criminal court which could become possible if the autonomy is pending before you prove your own status is granted. france's fears of home grown terrorism or reaganite amid a growing number of young locals turn into radical islam. this is auntie coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program egyptian security forces are firing tear gas and demonstrators on to hit square on wednesday morning as the country is going through one way its biggest antigovernment protests since their revolution two years ago tens of thousands of angry egyptians are accusing
fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo as violent rallies in terms of finding its president morse's decision just see so with big powers moving precisely like the revolution that brought the islamist leader to power. and we're bringing you live pictures of from cairo now crowds of protesters are gathering at tell re a square and we'll bring our correspondents shortly. before going to be i guess the ration of the way leader yasser arafat's palestinians say it's approved it was...
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right now for you and also has tom barton is in cairo for us as well. the sights the sounds and indeed the smells of protest and of civil disorder are in the air of central cairo tonight behind me in tahrir square there are still thousands of protestors waving their flags chanting to the effect that mohammed morsi the president has betrayed egypt's revolution and speaker after speaker was grabbing them the megaphones and are calling the crowds to call on mercy to reverse that declaration giving him sweeping powers last thursday in the streets around the area the sirens and the smell of tear gas was in the air a large crowds have gathered. a lot more young and male in makeup and they are holding standoffs with the police periodic the police are coming in the using tear gas and charging them with police vehicles which are then pelted with stones and bits of smoldering woods the crowds there lighting fires as well so it's very smoky in the streets around just trying to get into this studio to do a report we had to come through clouds of tear gas gas selves
right now for you and also has tom barton is in cairo for us as well. the sights the sounds and indeed the smells of protest and of civil disorder are in the air of central cairo tonight behind me in tahrir square there are still thousands of protestors waving their flags chanting to the effect that mohammed morsi the president has betrayed egypt's revolution and speaker after speaker was grabbing them the megaphones and are calling the crowds to call on mercy to reverse that declaration giving...
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more than 200,000 protesters have filled cairo's tahrir square. they are angry with their new president, mohamed morsi who said last week that his decisions cannot be challenged by the courts which gives him almost absolute power. and our holly williams is above tahrir square in cairo this evening. holly, what's going on in the crowd behind you now? >> reporter: scott, we are seeing scenes reminisce september of the egyptian revolution. tahrir square was once again carpeted in people today, tens of thousands of people who poured in from every direction and they were chanting the same slogan that they chanted during the revolution. the people want the downfall of the regime. i was out on this square earlier today talking to people. some people are saying that they won't leave the streets until president morsi rescinds the decrees that have given him sweeping new powers. we've seen very low-level violence here in cairo, but in several other cities there have been violent confrontations between president morsi's supporters and his opponents. >> pelle
more than 200,000 protesters have filled cairo's tahrir square. they are angry with their new president, mohamed morsi who said last week that his decisions cannot be challenged by the courts which gives him almost absolute power. and our holly williams is above tahrir square in cairo this evening. holly, what's going on in the crowd behind you now? >> reporter: scott, we are seeing scenes reminisce september of the egyptian revolution. tahrir square was once again carpeted in people...
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once again, we're following what's going on in cairo right now. we'll update ow the secretary of state hillary clinton. she's meeting with the egyptian president mow morsi. will there be a cease-fire or not? [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet. ♪ with a remarkable new interior featuring the available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. this is where sophisticated styling begins. and where it ends? that's up to you. it's here -- the greatest malibu ever. ♪ >> she was walking her dogs and heard the red alert, a warning that a rocket was headed for her neighborhood. ira shot this video as she took cover. [ bleep ]. >> by the way, it's a mile from the gaza border. she spoke to other carol costello earlier. >> this instinct that caused me to walk right next to a building so that i knew that if something was going to fall, i would be able to take cover. what you don't see in the footage is how i ran up to the building, and i tried to open the door, but that's a childre
once again, we're following what's going on in cairo right now. we'll update ow the secretary of state hillary clinton. she's meeting with the egyptian president mow morsi. will there be a cease-fire or not? [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet. ♪ with a remarkable new interior featuring the available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. this is where sophisticated styling begins. and where it ends? that's up to...
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reza sayah in cairo for us this morning. thank you. >>> and we've got much more ahead on cnn this hour. >> here's what's coming up. >>> so far so good. that cease fire between israel and hamas is holding for now. but there are real fears even the slightest flare-up could kick off chaos. >>> plus, hurricane sandy's long gone, but did the storm leave behind more than just a mess? >> it's sort of like nevin. at this point, who knows? >> coughing, bronchitis, asthma, some of the new health worries in sandy's wake. >>> and before you shop online this weekend, listen up. the scammers are ready and waiting for your money. we'll tell you how to avoid their traps. these smartphones come with a bonus $100 walmart gift card? that's right. so it's like i won. sure. oh my gosh i won!!! i won!!! [ male announcer ] get a $100 walmart gift card when you buy any android or windows 8 smartphone. through december 1st. from america's gift headquarters. walmart. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are use
reza sayah in cairo for us this morning. thank you. >>> and we've got much more ahead on cnn this hour. >> here's what's coming up. >>> so far so good. that cease fire between israel and hamas is holding for now. but there are real fears even the slightest flare-up could kick off chaos. >>> plus, hurricane sandy's long gone, but did the storm leave behind more than just a mess? >> it's sort of like nevin. at this point, who knows? >> coughing,...
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nbc's jim maceda is high above tahrir square in cairo this evening. good evening >> reporter: hi, brian, well just as the world thought that egypt was coming out of the revolutionary pain, the demonstrators are out there digging in. once again, the square filled with protesters, tear gas and casualties. their target? a dictator. but this happened today. and they were not talking of hosni mubarak, but morsy, fresh from brokering a cease-fire in gaza. and winning world praise he set a precedent by granting himself new power, firing one man in the regime, and giving islamists free reign to write the constitution the opposition leaders took to the street, saying that he had appointed himself the new leader. the clashes spread across the country, injuring more than a 100. in alexandria, the muslim brotherhood headquarters there raided and burned by protesters >> they're not going to lose their voice if they think somehow they have a new hosni mubarak. >> reporter: but morsy told supporters he took the bold move to save egypt's democracy, that it was only t
nbc's jim maceda is high above tahrir square in cairo this evening. good evening >> reporter: hi, brian, well just as the world thought that egypt was coming out of the revolutionary pain, the demonstrators are out there digging in. once again, the square filled with protesters, tear gas and casualties. their target? a dictator. but this happened today. and they were not talking of hosni mubarak, but morsy, fresh from brokering a cease-fire in gaza. and winning world praise he set a...
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>>> police and protesters square off in cairo. egyptians aren't backing down in their fight to get their president to reverse a controversial decision. >>> japanese investigators have been finding bodies in barrels, and they expect to find more. they say one woman is the mastermind behind a kidnap, torture and murder ring that forced families to turn against each other. >>> and kyoto's fall colors after dark. the nighttime view in japan's ancient capital draws the crowds. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." protesters in egypt are digging in and vowing not to budge until the country's president bows to their demands. they brought down hosni mubarak nearly two years ago. now they're threatening to topple his successor, mohamed morsi. egyptians started rallying last week after president morsi expanded his powers. young people in opposition parties that ousted the mubarak government last year have been occupying tahrir square in central cairo. some of them helped elect morsi. security forces stormed the square wednesday and fired te
>>> police and protesters square off in cairo. egyptians aren't backing down in their fight to get their president to reverse a controversial decision. >>> japanese investigators have been finding bodies in barrels, and they expect to find more. they say one woman is the mastermind behind a kidnap, torture and murder ring that forced families to turn against each other. >>> and kyoto's fall colors after dark. the nighttime view in japan's ancient capital draws the...
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>> bret: steve harrigan in cairo. thank you. more on this with the panel. president obama press secretary says the commander-in-chief will make a decision about afghanistan troop levels in coming weeks and months. national security correspondent jennifer griffin looks at the possibilities for next year and beyond. >> defense secretary leon panetta will hold a video teleconference tuesday with his top general in afghanistan, john allen. among the pressing issues, how many u.s. troops will they recommend the president keep in afghanistan next year and beyond 2014? the president and slice president campaign for the war to end. >> there is no reason why americans should die, when afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country. >> we are leaving. we are leaving in 2014. period. >> the war is likely to drag on two more years. general allen is asked to keep 50,000 troop troops in afghanisn through next year's fighting season. >> the defense officials are floating the idea of keeping 10,000 troops including about 1,000 special operators to maintain st
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what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is major conflicts. and to put a little bit of a background on it, when we were in egypt, there were very, very few tourists there because not shortly before, the tourists in luxor had been mowed down by machine guns. and what's fueling this, of course, is the quest by fundamentalist, traditionalist muslims to overthrew what they perceive as the secular regime of mombaric. and more and more, akmad, this young person, is feeling that pressure- the pressure of the old, the old traditional, those very rigid ethical patterns of action that come out and ar
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let's get to cairo as for some reaction with analyst saeed said xor thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us now professor the egyptian street has proven to be a really powerful force and when people are unhappy with something change happens we've seen already some discontent with morsi is policies before this so-called power grab but now this move do you think that a new uprising that happened as a result of this. if not and you oppose the. war instability in that continue if we remember. even the egyptian revolution all about. the situation look for a policy. option being human life believed in egypt was among didn't come through in the people who tortured. people who believe the most the. most good ones who bring democracy book somewhere don't think that because this is a. very much needed show and since you think there is. then saudi began. to monthly. to become disillusioned even people who did not go to him so i had to give him a chance but the father he is no different from person that will bother in foreign politics nonsense all you want is to please the america
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steve harrigan has been watching things in cairo with the embassy closed. >>reporter: one section of the embassy that deals with public services was closed during business hours today. it is important to note the embassy was not under target or being attacked but if this neighborhood, really, where i am standing we had two buildings set on fire. we had a car set on fire. a lot of the spillover protesters have turned violent with rocks and tear gas thrown. a message is going out that today is not a good day to pick up your visa, tomorrow, or saturday. >>shepard: what are we expecting from president morsi's address? >>reporter: well, it is a remarkable situation where you have a country ramming through a constitution in one day's time if an attempt to head off more protests. the exact affect could be the reverse, to inflame the protests that we have seen the past seven days. this is tape recording and there will be a explanation of the extraordinary power and the explanation of the constitution. it will go to the people after he accepts it so we will have a r
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that is the fears of morsi crashing in streets of cairo. today's protest are not that high emotions remain raw in prepation of morsi. top judges are calling itun precedent they are calling morsi the modern day favor and fearing that he would be a dictator. i am uma live in washington. america's news head quarters starts right now. in response to the opposition in the streets was cairo. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a protest in cairo. they are joining with the latest on the developing story. steve. uma right now we are looking at what could be a show down between morsi and the country's judges here in cairo and others in the country. they say they will sphop work until the new president repeals his thursday decree that gave him the power to issue laws without oversight ask chance of them being over turned by the courts. the judges say he's trying to put himself above the law. it will be interesting to see whether all legal prosecutions come to a halt. numbers are fall down today. and numbers large yesterday about 40,000 at their pee
that is the fears of morsi crashing in streets of cairo. today's protest are not that high emotions remain raw in prepation of morsi. top judges are calling itun precedent they are calling morsi the modern day favor and fearing that he would be a dictator. i am uma live in washington. america's news head quarters starts right now. in response to the opposition in the streets was cairo. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a protest in cairo. they are joining with the latest on the developing...
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he wanted to ride the white stallion down the street of cairo. he decided to make a play for cairo, attack the british going east, the british attacked right back, and drove the italians pretty far west in to libya, at which point hitler realized he needed to power. i don't think he was happy about it. he sent inner win, the famous take commander along with a bunch of [inaudible] and he effectively drove the british back in to egypt. the campaigning would seize and the two sides would give inspect in the fall of 1941, there was advance by the british in to libya in hopes of driving the access forces back. rommel turned around and pushed the british back again, and all the way this time, sort of disastersously deep in to egypt deeper than ever been. when the american soldiers arrived, the british the allies, i should say and the access forces were dug in testing each other in a place called the al main line. which was 60 miles west of al sand rei ya which was the british navel center in egypt. close enough to cairo and the suez canal, to be really
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nbc's jim maceda from cairo, also giving us the on ss alexandria. back here, turni to smping repu was supposedly to a war for the heart and soul for the grandld ? are there a whole even? we wt to bng in the thehogan, lt stop withing about this -e oba tableur cliff negotiations. wh happened to this debate andx rats? aft this shellackint would hap now. the conservative wing is saying modete saying you me him go too far right, that's h problem. frankly, k?craig. we need to quitbeing modere and focus on leadership. we have plenty leaders within the r i?at's lies from. people like martinez and people havdl bsnd partisan bias and say, we've got to lead our state actually govern me day. and that type of leadership and. i think there's a hole for that ithin the republican vparty. emerge and t of the gop. >> richard, hoganusioned susan?á na marneohn boehner in the republican party. who is the leader of the republicanparty? else? f the former mitt romne w in obviously notg. thearty%cough from yes, it's john boehner who lea the one national body where t
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it's a developing story and holly williams is in cairo tonight. >> reporter: in cairo today, they buried a young man who died in violent protests against egypt's first democratically elected president. after days of clashes, today there were few confrontations. on tahrir square, the heart of the revolution which ousted long-time dictator hosni mubarak hundreds of peaceful demonstrators are staging a sit- in. their sphere that mohamed morsi has plans to become egypt's new strongman. the people who have set up camp here say they won't leave until president morsi rescinds the decrees that have give given him sweeping new powers. morsi promised to give up his expanded powers but only when a new constitution is finished and tonight the protesters are staying put. egypt hasn't had a constitution since mubarak's overthrow and its elected parliament was dissolved by the military. president morsi's allies say leftovers from the mubarak regime have been stone walling the new islamist government. your argument is that president morsi had no choice but to give himself these new powers. >> yes. it's
it's a developing story and holly williams is in cairo tonight. >> reporter: in cairo today, they buried a young man who died in violent protests against egypt's first democratically elected president. after days of clashes, today there were few confrontations. on tahrir square, the heart of the revolution which ousted long-time dictator hosni mubarak hundreds of peaceful demonstrators are staging a sit- in. their sphere that mohamed morsi has plans to become egypt's new strongman. the...
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cairo sees a third day of clashes with tear gas fired at crowds protests continue over a decree granting president morsi presidential powers. and probably independent parties are claiming victory in the capital and many elections with ninety eight percent of the early votes counted paving the way for a referendum that could see spain's richest region go its own way. and e.u. budget talks end in failure as divisions between member states emerge out of the summit you know brussels over whether to spend or save another meeting has been scheduled for next year. and recapping the week's top stories this is r t with our weekly going to have you with us gaza is recovering from israel's anti hamas a campaign that ended this week with an egyptian brokered ceasefire one hundred sixty eight palestinians were killed in airstrikes around half of them civilians while militant rocket fire claimed the lives of six israelis despite those numbers from last believes it came out the winner and some israelis now say the government has failed them as they are reports. and listen and rachel packing for the u.s
cairo sees a third day of clashes with tear gas fired at crowds protests continue over a decree granting president morsi presidential powers. and probably independent parties are claiming victory in the capital and many elections with ninety eight percent of the early votes counted paving the way for a referendum that could see spain's richest region go its own way. and e.u. budget talks end in failure as divisions between member states emerge out of the summit you know brussels over whether to...
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as the foreign ministers of arab countries were meeting in an emergency session held on saturday in cairo we also heard from the egyptian foreign minister who pledged to keep the rougher border crossing between egypt and gaza open now they are drafting a statement and from the information we have this statement will see the arab league chief lead a delegation of arab foreign ministers to gaza as early as sunday to assess the situation on the ground to look at the humanitarian needs and also to further put pressure on the international community to act so they want to see more from the united nations security council we also with the seeing an increase of a flurry of activity from the international community we have heard for instance from the turkish prime minister that he has spoken with both the russian and the american leadership and he is putting forward a proposal that would see turkey egypt the united states and russia call for and managed to broker some old ten years cease fires between both israel and gaza now the turkish foreign minister on saturday was in gaza showing support fo
as the foreign ministers of arab countries were meeting in an emergency session held on saturday in cairo we also heard from the egyptian foreign minister who pledged to keep the rougher border crossing between egypt and gaza open now they are drafting a statement and from the information we have this statement will see the arab league chief lead a delegation of arab foreign ministers to gaza as early as sunday to assess the situation on the ground to look at the humanitarian needs and also to...